CRIMINOLOGISTS Licensure Examination

Second Day - 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

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REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
CRIMINALISTICS SET ONE

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. There is freehand invitation and is considered as the most

skilful class of forgery
A. simulated or copied forgery
B. simple forgery
C. traced forgery
D. carbon tracing

2. Condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which is adequate

and proper, should contain a cross section of the material from
known sources.
A. disguised document
B. questioned document
C. standard document
D. requested document

3. Specimens of hand writing or of typescript which is of known

origin.
A. Letters
B. Samples
C. Exemplars
D. Documents

4. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its

contents or the circumstances or the stories of its production.
A. disputed document
B. standard document
C. requested document
D. questioned document

5. The art of beautiful writing is known as

A. Drafting
B. Calligraphy
C. Art appreciation
D. Gothic

6. Any written instrument by which a right or obligation is

established.
A. Certificate
B. Subpoena
C. Warrant
 D. Document

7. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or downward flow

of the innermost sufficient recurve is towards the thumb of
radius bone of the hand of origin.
A. ulnar loop
B. tented arch
C. accidental whorl
D. radial loop

8. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.

A. Ridge
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation

9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of

the divergence of the type lines.
A. Divergence
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation

10. The following are considerations used for the identification of a

loop except one:
A. Delta
B. Core
C. a sufficient recurve
D. a ridge count across a looping bridge

11. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of

fingerprint ink.
A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press

12. The fingerprint method of identification.

A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press

13. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and
surround the pattern area.
A. Ridges
B. Delta
C. Type line
D. Bifurcation

14. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and
ridges.
A. type line
B. bifurcation
 C. pattern area
D. furrow

15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which

are not clearly visible.
A. plane impressions
B. visible fingerprints
C. rolled impressions
D. latent fingerprints

16. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on

various surfaces.
A. kiss marks
B. finger rolls
C. thumb marks
D. fingerprints

17. Which among the following is not considered as a basic

fingerprint pattern?
A. Arch
B. Accidental
C. Loop
D. Whorl

18. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity

between two points.
A. Eighteen
B. Fifteen
C. Twelve
D. Nine

19. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of

spirals around core axes.
A. whorl
B. double loop
C. central pocket loop
D. accidental

20. A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either

side of the impression by a recurve, and terminate on the same
side where the ridge has entered.
A. Loop
B. radial loop
C. ulnar loop
D. tented arch

21. A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or conclusion on a

given scientific evidence is considered
A. interrogator
B. expert witness
C. prosecutor
D. judge
22. The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the
detection of crime and apprehension of criminals.
A. Law Enforcement Administration
B. Forensic Administration
C. Criminal Psychology
D. Criminalistics

23. Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.

A. concave lens
B. convex lens
C. negative lens
D. positive lens

24. The normal developing time of a paper or film.

A. 30-60 minutes
B. 20-30 minutes
C. 5-10 minutes
D. 1- 2 minutes

25. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter through the
lens for a predetermined time interval.
A. holder of sensitised material
B. view finder
C. shutter
D. view finder

26. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its
negative material.
A. telephoto lens
B. long lens
C. normal lens
D. wide angle lens

27. Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer solution.

A. Potassium Bromide
B. Sodium Carbonate
C. Sodium Sulfite
D. Hydroquinone

28. A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject
A. view finder
B. lens
C. shutter
D. light tight box

29. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the

breathing of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
30. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the blood
pressure and the pulse rate of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph

31. A component of the polygraph instrument which is a motor that

drives or pulls the chart paper under the recording pen
simultaneously at the rate of 6 or 12 inches per minute.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph

32. The following are specific rules to be followed in the

formulation of the questions in a polygraph test except one.
A. Questions must be clear and phrased in a language the
subject can easily understand.
B. Questions must be answerable by yes or no.
C. Questions must be as short as possible.
D. Questions must all be in the form of accusations

33. In “ polygraph examination”, the term “ examination” means a

detection of
A. Forgery
B. Emotion
C. the mind
D. deception

34. It refers to an emotional response to a specific danger, which

appears to go beyond a person’s defensive power.
A. Fear
B. Stimuli
C. Response
D. Reaction

35. The primary purpose of pre-test interview.

A. Prepare subject for polygraph test
B. Obtain confession
C. Make the subject calm
D. Explain the polygraph test procedures

36. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject in the relevant
question.
A. positive response
B. specific response
C. normal response
D. reaction

37. The study of the effect of the impact of a projectile on the

target.
A. Terminal Ballistics
 B. Internal Ballistics
C. External Ballistics
D. Forensic Ballistics

38. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet is called

A. Trajectory
B. Yaw
C. Velocity
D. Gyroscopic action

39. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell
or cartridge from the chamber.
A. Extractor
B. Ejector
C. Striker
D. Trigger

40. The pattern or curved path of the bullet in flight.

A. Yaw
B. Range
C. Velocity
D. Trajectory

41. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its normal path
after striking a resistant surface.
A. Misfire
B. Mushroom
C. Ricochet
D. Key hole shot

42. A type of primer with two vents or flash holes.

A. Bordan primer
B. Berdan Primer
C. Baterry Primer
D. Boxer Primer

43. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of
the bore.
A. swaging
B. ogive
C. rifling
D. breaching

44. It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the bullet.

A. Trajectory
B. Yaw
C. Velocity
D. Gyproscopic action

45. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land.

A. Calibre
B. Mean diameter
C. Gauge
D. Rifling

46. He is known as the Father of Ballistics.

 A. Hans Gross
B. Charles Waite
C. Albert Osborne
D. Calvin Goddard

47. A document in which some issues have been raised or is under

scrutiny.
A. Void Document
B. Illegal Document
C. Forged Document
D. Questioned Document

48. The following are characteristics of forgery except one:

A. Presence of Natural Variation
B. Multiple Pen Lifts
C. Show bad quality of ink lines
D. Patchwork Appearance

49. Standards which are prepared upon the request of the investigator
and for the purpose of comparison with the questioned document.
A. relative standards
B. collected standards
C. extended standards
D. requested standards

50. Any stroke which goes back over another writing stroke.
A. natural variation
B. rhythm
C. retracing
D. shading

51. The name of a person written by him/her in a document as a sign

of acknowledgement.
A. Opinion
B. Document
C. Signature
D. Handwriting

52. A kind of document which is executed by a private person without

the intervention of a notary public, or of competent public
official, by which some disposition of agreement is proved.
A. commercial document
B. official document
C. public document
D. private document

53. An instrument that can be legally used in comparison with a

questioned document, its origin is known and can be proven.
A. simulated document
B. forged document
C. standard document
D. compared document
54. The process of making out what is illegible or what has been
effaced.
A. Comparison
B. Collation
C. Obliteration
D. Decipherment

55. A document which contains some changes either as an addition or

deletion.
A. inserted document
B. altered document
C. disputed document
D. obliterated document

56. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor

blade or picking instrument.
A. mechanical erasure
B. electronic erasure
C. magnetic erasure
D. chemical erasure

57. It is the periodic increase in pressure, characterized by

widening of the ink stroke.
A. Shading
B. pen lift
C. pen emphasis
D. pen pressure

58. A kind of document executed by a person in authority and by

private parties but notarised by competent officials.
A. private document
B. commercial document
C. public document
D. official document

59. The detection and identification of poisons.

A. Bacteriology
B. Posology
C. Toxicology
D. Chemistry

60. The specimen that is preferably used in the determination of

abused drugs in the body.
A. blood
B. saliva
C. body fluid
D. urine

61. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and

composition of the following except one:
A. Fingerprint
B. Explosives
C. Blood
D. Body fluids
62. Who qualifies a forensic chemist as expert?
A. defense lawyer
B. judge
C. prosecutor
D. the chemist himself/herself

63. Methamphetamine hydrochloride is commonly known as

A. Coke
B. LSD
C. Heroin
D. “shabu”

64. An area surrounding the place where the crime occurred.

A. crime scene
B. police line
C. area of operation
D. area of responsibility

65. The body of the crime.

A. Evidence
B. body of the victim
C. criminology
D. corpus delicti

66. One of the following is a derivative of the opium poppy.

A. Demerol
B. Caffeine
C. Morphine
D. nicotine

67. Number restoration is necessary in determining whether there is

tampering of serial number in
A. Typewriter
B. Firearm
C. Prisoners
D. Bank notes

68. In forensic examination, a tip of the hair is examined to

determine if it was
A. Bend
B. Folded
C. Stretched
D. Cut

69. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence of
alcohol in the human body except one:
A. Saliva test
B. Harger Breath Test
C. Fecal test-tae
D. Blood test

70. The application of chemical principles and processes in the

examination of evidence.
 A. Forensic Medicine
B. Forensic Evidence
C. Criminalistics
D. Forensic Chemistry

71. Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of this process.

A. Dialysis
B. Dilution
C. Distillation
D. Extraction
72. The process in reproducing physical evidence by plaster moulds.
A. Casting
B. Cementing
C. Moulage
D. Sticking

73. The test used to determine the presence of semen particularly in

stained clothing.
A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
C. Microscopic Test
D. Ultra-Violet Test

74. The test used to determine the presence of blood in stained

material.
A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
C. Takayama Test
D. Phenolphtalein Test

75. It is the major component of a glass.

A. Lime
B. Soda
C. Silica
D. Gel

76. Poisons which produce stupor and less feeling.

A. Narcotics
B. Irritants
C. Depressants
D. Stimulants

77. A supercooled liquid which possess high viscosity and rigidity.

A. dry ice
B. cartridge case
C. gel
D. glass

78. The study and identification of body fluids.

A. Pharmacology
B. Serology
C. Posology
D. Immunology

79. The test to determine whether blood is of human origin or not.

A. Blood typing
B. Precipitin Test
 C. Confirmatory Test
D. Preliminary Test

80. The circulating tissue of the body.

A. Blood
B. Cells
C. Muscles
D. Liver

81. The complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration,

circulation and almost all brain function of an organism.
A. Apparent death
B. Molecular death
C. Cellular Death
D. Somatic death

82. The approximate time for the completion of one case for DNA
Testing.
A. minimum of eight weeks
B. minimum of six weeks
C. minimum of four weeks
D. minimum of two weeks

83. DNA stands for

A. Deonatural Acid
B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
C. Denaturalized Acid
D. Deoxy Nucleic Acid

84. The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered DNE testing and
fingerprinting.
A. Alec Jeffries
B. Lowell C. Van Berkom
C. William Reynolds
D. Henry Van Dyke

85. The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of

lack of oxygen for around 3 to five minutes.
A. Stroke
B. Asphyxia
C. Stupor
D. Exhaustion

86. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones,
causing death due to loss of fluids and electrolytes in the body
and massive infection.
A. First Degree Burn
B. Second Degree Burn
C. Third Degree Burn
D. Sunburn

87. A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to
pool in the blood vessels of the most dependent portions of the
 body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death and is completed by
12 hours.
A. livor mortis
B. primary flaccidity
C. maceration
D. rigor mortis

88. A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will

endanger one’s life.
A. mortal wound
B. trauma
C. coup injury
D. superficial wound

89. A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as club and stone.

A. incised wound
B. hack wound
C. lacerated wound
D. punctured wound

90. A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without

external wounds.
A. Hematoma
B. Fracture
C. Sprain
D. Dislocation

91. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of

the body which produces mechanical disruption of cell structure
characterized by cold stiffening and diminished body.
A. immersion foot
B. trench foot
C. frostbite
D. gangrene

92. A condition of women who have had one or more sexual experience
but not had conceived a child.
A. virgo-intacts
B. demi-virginity
C. moral virginity
D. physical virginity

93. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside the blood vessels
or has diffused to different parts of the body.
A. hypostatic lividity
B. diffusion lividity
C. hyper lividity
D. rigor mortis

94. Things used by a person in the commission of a crime, or objects

left in a crime scene which are the subjects of criminalistics.
 A. testimonial evidence
B. hearsay evidence
C. circumstantial evidence
D. physical evidence

95. The science dealing with the motion of a projectile and the
conditions governing that motion.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Terminal Ballistics
D. External Ballistics

96. The application of medical knowledge in the solution of crimes.

A. Forensic Science
B. Forensic Chemistry
C. Forensic Ballistics
D. Forensic Medicine

97. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by

the action of electro magnetic radiation rays.
A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Photography
D. Chemistry

98. Instrument used in the measurement of temperature.

A. Endometer
B. Barometer
C. Thermometer
D. ananometer

99. The scientific detection of deception.

A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Toxycology
D. Chemistry

100. The test conducted to determine the presence of gunpowder residue

in the hands of a suspect.
A. diphenylamine test
B. ultra violet test
C. paraffin test
D. Simon’s Test

- End of Set One -

CRIMINOLOGISTS Licensure Examination
Second Day - 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
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REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
CRIMINALISTICS SET TWO

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The following are types of medical evidence, except:

A. Photographic evidence
B. Experimental evidence
C. Testimonial evidence
D. Autoptic evidence

2. The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is called:

A. Dactylography
B. All of the these
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Palmistry

3. Some scientific methods of identification are the following,

except:
A. Fingerprinting
B. Handwriting
C. Dental identification
D. Identification by close friends and relatives

4. The greater the number of points of similarities and

dissimilarities of two persons compared, the greater the
probability for the conclusion t be correct is found in the
A. Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification
 B. All of the these
C. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
D. Law of Super Imposition

5. In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means

A. application of medicine to legal cases
B. application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
C. knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
D. none of the above
E. all of the above

6. The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the

following, except
A. Magnus test
B. Diaphanous test
C. I card’s test
D. Winslow’s test

7. The following officials of the Philippine Government are

authorized to conduct death investigation, except -
A. Public Prosecutor
B. Judges of the regional trial court
C. Director PNP
D. SOCO team

8. The following statements are important in death determination.

Which is not valid?
A. Civil personality of a natural person is extinguished by
death
B. Civil property of a person is transmitted to the heirs, if
not, to the government
C. The death of the partner is one of the causes of
dissolution of partnership agreement
D. The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by death

9. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?

A. Somatic or Clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Cellular or Molecular Death
D. Regulated Death

10. Of the following kinds of death, which one is relevant to Organ

Transportation?
A. Somatic or clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Molecular Death
D. Cellular Death

11. To find out the truth is an essential requirement for the

administration of Justice. Which of the following is the commonly
used method of deception detection?
A. Lie detection method
B. Hypnotism
C. Use of drugs
 D. Confession

12. In molecular or cellular death, death of individual cells is with

in
A. 3-6 minutes
B. 3-6 hours
C. 20-30 minutes
D. 20-30 hours

13. Post-mortem lividity has the following mechanisms:

A. Hypostatic pressure
B. Diffusion
C. Gravitational pressure
D. All of the above

14. Hanging is asphyxia due to the constriction of the neck as a

result of suspension in which the weight of the body pulls upon
the ligature. What differentiates it from strangulation by a
ligature therefore is:
A. The factor of suspension
B. Hanging raises a presumption of suicide
C. Strangulation is usually homicidal
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

15. Distinctions between ante-mortem from post-mortem clot are the

following. Which one is not valid?
A. Ante-mortem clot is firm in consistency
B. Clot is homogenous in construction so it cannot be stripped
into layers
C. Clot with varied colors
D. Surface of the blood vessels are raw after the clots are
removed

16. Post-mortem lividity maybe due to any of the following, except:

A. Hypostasis
B. Autolysis
C. Diffusion
D. Suggillation

17. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained

Physician, to determine the cause of death:
A. Autopsy
B. Biophsis
C. Dissection
D. Physicians

18. Articles and materials found in the crime scene:

A. Physical evidence
B. Associative evidence
C. Evidence
 D. Tracing evidence

19. Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue or

underneath the mucous membrane.
A. Contusion
B. Petechia
C. Abrasion
D. All of them

20. Among the following, which has the greatest value in scientific
examination/identification?
A. Dental examination
B. Fingerprinting
C. Photography
D. Pictures Parle

21. One is a condition that can approximate the time of death.

A. Cadaver
B. Magnus test
C. Rigor mortis
D. None of these

22. The means sanctioned by the law, of ascertaining the judicial

power/proceeding, the truth respecting the matter of fact.
A. Polygraph
B. Evidence
C. Lie detector
D. All of these

23. Determination of individuality of a person or thing:

A. Description
B. Perception
C. Identification
D. All of these

24. Types of fingerprint patters, except:

A. Arches
B. Ordinary
C. Loop
D. Whorl

25. It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including habitual,

preference and completing need for sexual gratification by any
means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily
excitement
A. Virginity
B. Sexual intercourse
C. Prostitution
D. Sexual deviation

26. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument and is

characterized by a small opening of the wound.
A. Gunshot wound
B. Stab wound
C. Shrapnel wound
 D. Punctured wound

27. A physical injury wherein the offended victim is incapacitated

for work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more but
not more than 30 days.
A. Slight physical injury
B. Mutilation
C. Serious physical injury
D. less serious physical injury

28. It is the type of burn due to gamma rays and which is difficult
to remedy:
A. Thermal burn
B. Electric burn
C. Chemical burn
D. Radiation burn

29. The metal tube through which the bullet is fired is called
A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Baretta
D. Bromet

30. The old form of gunpowder invented over a thousand years ago and
consisting of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
A. Chinese Powder
B. Black Powder
C. Gray Powder
D. All of these

31. The inside of the barrel is generally termed as

A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Rifling
D. Primer

32. The portion of the gun which is held or shouldered is called

A. Buckle
B. Buttstock
C. Handle
D. End joint

33. In a gun, the portion of the "action" that holds the cartridge
ready for firing is called
A. Gas tube
B. Chamber
C. Double-action
D. Trigger

34. A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to

detonate the powder.
A. Spring
B. Trigger guard
 C. Hammer
D. Revolver

35. This is a device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm

for loading into the chamber. Also referred to as a "clip".
A. Clipper
B. Holder
C. Pin or pinhead
D. None of these

36. A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the
sound of a gunshot. Most work by baffling the escape of gases.
A. Buffer
B. Silencer
C. Magazine
D. Hanger

37. Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American occupation
in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint file has
been established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the
first Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil.
Constabulary was
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these

38. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine

jurisprudence on the science of fingerprinting was the case of
A. People vs Medina
B. People vs Pineda
C. People vs Amador
D. People vs. Rosas

39. What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair and
is composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which cohere?
They contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending on
the type of hair.
A. Medulla
B. Cortex
C. Core
D. Cuticle

40. Who was the noted British Examiner of questioned documents said
that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75% of
all forgeries by careful inspection of a document with simple
magnifiers and measuring tools?
A. Dr. Arthur Stoll
B. Dr. Aristotle Curt
C. Dr. William Harrison
D. Dr. Benjamin Jones
41. In police photography studies, what are called the thin,
gelatinous, light-sensitive coatings on film that react
chemically to capture the color and shadings of a scene?
A. Films
B. Emulsions
C. Chemical Coatings
D. None of these

42. A medium that divert or absorb light, but does not allow lights
to pass though, they absorb most of the light while reflecting
some of it is called
A. Opaque object
B. Convection
C. Visible light
D. Prisms

43. In the practice of polygraphy, what do you call questions

unrelated to the matter under investigation but are of similar
nature although less serious as compared to those relevant
questions under investigation?
A. Irrelevant questions
B. Relevant questions
C. Control questions
D. Interrogative questions

44. What test is given if a subject of interrogation is not yet

informed of the details of the offense for which he is being
interrogated by the investigation, or by other persons or from
other sources like the print media?
A. Peak of Tension test
B. Control test
C. IQ Test
D. Guilt Complex Test

45. In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop, free of

any appendage, and a butting at right angle.
A. Complete curve
B. Sufficient Recurve
C. Straight arrow
D. Core

46. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing one
or more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation

47. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a

fingerprint which maybe compared with the low area in a tire
tread.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation
48. In the study of questioned documents, what do you call the
quality of paper that does not allow light to pass through or
which prevents dark objects from being seen through the paper?
A. Opacity
B. Watermarks
C. Skid marks
D. Invisibility

49. What is the oldest ink material known?

A. Ball point pen ink
B. Chinese Ink
C. Aniline Ink
D. White Ink

50. It is the art of extracting and working on metals by the

application of chemical and physical knowledge.
A. Cryptography
B. Metallurgy
C. Casting
D. Matalisky

51. The branch of geology that deals with the systematic

classification and identification of rocks, rock forming minerals
and soil. Also includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation,
ceramics and other such materials, both natural and artificial.
A. Petrography
B. Serology
C. Anthropology
D. Ecology

52. In a fire, the presence of reddish brown smoke indicates

A. Nitrocellulose
B. Sulfuric acid
C. Nitric acid
D. All of these

53. The bending of light around an object gives rise to the

phenomenon called
A. attraction
B. diffraction
C. light curve
D. light fingerprint

54. Under the law of reflection, The angle of reflection depends upon
the angle of the light striking the material, which is referred
to as the
A. angle of incidence
B. angle of biometry
C. angle of light
 D. none of these

55. In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the chamber

erroneously called breeched pressure?
A. Chamber Pressure
B. Barrel Pressure
C. Gunpowder
D. None of these

56. The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight of the
projectile is called
A. Power to speed ratio
B. Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
C. Firing pin stroke ratio
D. All of these

57. Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to

cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed
varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000
yards in a second. This refers to
A. Energy
B. Gas
C. Detonation
D. Gun powder

58. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed

in firing?
A. Knocking Power
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these

59. In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for purposes

of identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese
clay seal made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.
A. Hua Chi
B. Mah Whang
C. Wong Cho
D. Tiang Hin

60. Who has given the fame title as “Father of Dactyloscopy”?

A. Johannes Purkinje
B. Leonard Keeler
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sir Francis Galton

61. In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to

prevent fraudulent collection of army pay account and for
identification of other documents. He was known as the Father of
Chiroscopy.
A. William Herschel
 B. Francis Galton
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Alphose Bertillon

62. A noted British anthropologist who began observation which led to

the publication in 1882 of his book “Fingerprints.” That
established the individuality of classifying fingerprint
patterns.
A. Francis Galton
B. Gilbert Thompson
C. Wayne Kate
D. Alphonse Bertillon

63. The notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to

erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time went
by the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature.
A. John Feilding
B. Johanes Curie
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid

64. What is the science of palm print identification?

A. Chiroscopy
B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Astrology

65. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a “Y” shape
formation or structure is commonly known as
A. Diverging ridges
B. Bifurcating ridges
C. Loop
D. Delta

66. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It is a

fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which at
least one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop

67. Father of Criminalistics.

A. Dr. Hans Gross
B. Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C. Dr. John Reid
D. Dr. John Larson

68. Which evidence offers least resistance to decomposition?

A. Semen
B. Urine
C. Hair
D. Blood
69. One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true, and are
contested either in whole or part with respect to its authen-
ticity, identity, or origin.
A. Questioned document
B. Illegal document
C. Falsified document
D. Disputed facts

70. Are condensed and compact set of authentic specimens which, if

adequate and proper, should contain a cross section of the
material from a known source for questioned document examination.
A. Basis products
B. Standards
C. Handwriting
D. Signatures

71. A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to

characterize known material.
A. Basis
B. Exemplar
C. Xerox copies
D. Reproduced

72. When a document is issued and notarized by a notary public or

competent public official with solemnities required by law, it
is called
A. Official document
B. Public document
C. Commercial document
D. Private Document

73. What is known as the blotting out or shearing over the writing to
make the original invisible to as an addition?
A. Obliteration
B. Obscuration
C. Forged
D. None of these

74. In legal language, it refers to the document examiner's conclu-

sion. In Court, he may not only express it but demonstrates the
reasons for arriving at his conclusion.
A. Remarks
B. Testimony
C. Opinion
D. Reasoning

75. In this kind of document examination, the document is viewed with

the source of illumination behind it and the light passing
through the paper. Documents are subjected to this type of
examination to determine the presence of erasures, matching
of serrations and some other types of alterations.
A. Microscopic examination
B. Ultra violet examination
C. Photographic examination
D. Transmitted light examination
76. Ultraviolet radiation is invisible and occurs in the wave lengths
just below the visible blue-violet end of the spectrum (rainbow).
These visible rays react on some substances so that visible light
is reflected, a phenomenon known as
A. Prism
B. Fluorescence
C. Infrared
D. Radiation

77. It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, being

used as whole, combination of certain forms of visible mental and
muscular habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort.
Some defined it as “visible speech.”
A. Typewriting
B. Money Bills
C. Handwriting
D. All of these

78. In document examination, what is the relation of parts of the

whole of writing or line of individual letters in words to the
baseline?
A. Proportion
B. Alignment
C. Lining
D. Letter forms

79. Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document

examination commonly called to as the identifying details si
called
A. Standard
B. Characteristics
C. Attribute
D. Form

80. The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their
identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the
mental act in which the element of one item are related to the
counterparts of the other.
A. Collation
B. Analysis
C. Comparison
D. Recording

81. In the study handwriting, the movement of the pen toward the
writer is called
A. Downstroke
B. Backstroke
C. Sidestroke
D. None of these

82. It is a signature, signed at a particular time and place, under

particular conditions, while the signer was at particular age, in
a particular physical and mental condition, using particular
implements, and with a particular reason and purpose for
recording his name.
A. Fraudulent Signature
B. Freehand forged signature
 C. Guided Signature
D. Evidential Signature

83. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins

and banknotes. Literally, it means to make a copy of; or
imitate; to make a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps,
with the intent to deceive or defraud.
A. Counterfeiting
B. Falsification
C. Forgery
D. Fake money bills

84. A fluid or viscous marking material used for writing or printing.

A. Pen
B. Ink
C. Coal
D. Chalk

85. In 1884, who was this insurance agent in New York who patented
the first practical fountain pen containing its own ink reservoir
A. Lewis Waterman
B. John Loud
C. Peter Reynolds
D. Henry Ball

86. What do you calle the type of instrument used in measuring pitch
of rifling firearms?
A. Pinometer
B. Helixometer
C. Thermometer
D. Caliper

87. This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the

firearms examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity
between two fired bullets or two fired shells, by simultaneously
observing their magnified image in a single microscopic field.
A. Magnetic field device
B. Compound microscope
C. Bullet comparison microscope
D. Photographic microscope

88. Consist of a wooden box, 12 “x”12”x 96, with a hinged to cover

and with one end open. This long box is filled with ordinary
cotton and separated into sections by cardboard petitions use in
ballistics.
A. Firing point box
B. Bullet recovery box
C. Slug collection box
D. All of these

89. Photographic films maybe classified according to their forms and

types. What are the films that are sensitive to radiation?
A. Chrome Films
B. X-Ray Films
C. B&W Films
D. Colored Films
90. Which film is suitable for general use in the preparation of
black and white photography because it produces the most natural
recording of colors?
A. Panchromatic film
B. Chrome Films
C. X-Ray Films
D. Color Films

91. One film maybe rated ISO – 100, and another film ISO- 200. This
means that the 200 films are twice as fast (twice more sensitive
to light) than the ISO-100 film. This statement is
A. true
B. false
C. partly true
D. partly false

92. Among the following speed of film, which has the fastest speed?
A. ISO – 25
B. ISO – 100 to ISO – 200
C. ISO – 400
D. ISO – 1000 and up

93. Chromatic aberration is the failure of different colored light

rays to focus after passing through a lens, focusing of light of
different colors at different points resulting in a blurred
image.
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays

94. What is the defect in which the light coming from an off-axis
object point is spread along the direction of the optic axis? If
the object is a vertical line, the cross section of the refracted
beam at successively greater distances from the lens is an
ellipse that collapses first into a horizontal line, spreads out
again, and later becomes a vertical line
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays

95. Depth of field is the range in front of and behind a sharply

focused subject in which details also look sharp in the final
photographic image.
A. Focus
B. Depth of field
C. Camera trick
D. Aperture

96. In photography, what determines how effectively a moving object

can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be reproduced without
blurring, or streaking in the final image?
A. Focus
B. Shutter speed
 C. Aperture
D. Lens

97. What makes a bullet spin? Without spin, a bullet would not stay
pointed forward in flight, but would tumble over and over. The
spinning motion increases the accuracy of a bullet.
A. Bore
B. Gunpowder
C. Rifling
D. Shell

98. What component of the polygraph machine records the changes in

the breathing of the subject?
A. Pneumograph
B. Cardiograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph

99. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the

intervening ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn
between the core and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these

100. For many years the most commonly used preliminary test for blood
is the
A. Plasma count
B. Serum test
C. Benzidine test
D. Barberio’s test

- End of Set Two –

Criminalistics
Set One

1. A 13. C 25. C 37. A

2. C 14. C 26. D 38. B
3. C 15. D 27. B 39. B
4. D 16. D 28. B 40. D
5. B 17. B 29. B 41. C
6. D 18. D 30. A 42. D
7. D 19. A 31. D 43. D
8. D 20. C 32. D 44. B
9. C 21. B 33. D 45. A
10. B 22. D 34. A 46. D
11. B 23. A 35. A 47. D
12. C 24. C 36. A 48. A
49. D 62. B 75. C 88. A
50. C 63. D 76. A 89. C
51. C 64. A 77. D 90. D
52. D 65. D 78. B 91. C
53. C 66. C 79. B 92. A
54. D 67. B 80. A 93. B
55. B 68. D 81. D 94. D
56. A 69. C 82. C 95. A
57. D 70. D 83. B 96. D
58. C 71. C 84. A 97. C
59. C 72. C 85. B 98. C
60. D 73. A 86. C 99. A
61. A 74. C 87. A 100. C

Criminalistics
Set Two

1. B 31. A 61. A 91. A

2. C 32. B 62. A 92. D
3. D 33. B 63. C 93. C
4. A 34. C 64. B 94. A
5. B 35. D 65. B 95. B
6. C 36. B 66. A 96. B
7. B 37. A 67. A 97. C
8. B 38. A 68. C 98. A
9. D 39. B 69. A 99. A
10. A 40. C 70. B 100. C
11. A 41. B 71. B
12. A 42. A 72. B
13. D 43. C 73. A
14. E 44. A 74. C
15. C 45. B 75. D
16. B 46. B 76. B
17. A 47. C 77. C
18. A 48. A 78. B
19. A 49. B 79. B
20. B 50. B 80. C
21. C 51. A 81. A
22. B 52. D 82. D
23. C 53. B 83. A
24. B 54. A 84. B
25. D 55. A 85. A
26. D 56. B 86. B
27. D 57. C 87. C
28. D 58. B 88. B
29. B 59. A 89. B
30. B 60. A 90. A
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DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN CRIMINALISTICS

CRIMINOLOGISTS Licensure Examination

Second Day 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Latent Prints are made through the;

A. Ridge of the skin C. Furrows of the skin
B. Ridge formation D. Perspiration on top of the finger
2. It is the ridge count of the first loop in a set with fingerprints
beginning with right thumb except the little fingers.
A. Final Classification D. Major Classification
B. Key Classification E. Primary Classification
C. None of these
3. Once a fingerprint has been visualized, it must be preserved by;
A. lifting the impression D. photocopy
B. developing the latent print E. All of these
C. photography
4. If the ridge counts appearing on the right thumb is 17 and the ridge
counts on the left thumb is 22, what is the Major Classification?
A. S B. M C. L D. L
L L L M
5. In taking the fingerprint of the dead bodies, were rigor mortis has not
yet started what should the operator do?
A. Little massage of the fingers to make them flexible.
B. Submerging the lower part of the forearm in sufficiently hot water for
a minute and rapidly and continuously moving the wrist and the fingers.
C. Soak the fingers on a solution of strong ammonia.
D. Air is injected on the edge of the fingers.
6. In ridge tracing of a whorl, 3 or more ridges above the right delta is
considered as whorl pattern with -
A. Meeting Tracing C. Outer Tracing
B. Inner Tracing D. none of these
7. What is the case in U.S.A. which decided that the photograph of a latent
impression taken from a post of a balcony is sufficient as evidence?
A. People vs. Riser D. People vs. Corral
B. State vs. Conners E. People vs. Jennings
C. Gamble vs. State
8. The right and left little fingers are used exclusively for the Final
Classification. However, they are also considered in what classification?
A. Primary D. Sub-secondary
B. Secondary E. Key
C. Final

9. In counting ridges in whorl patterns, the count is taken from

A. the left delta to the core in left hand.
B. left delta to the core in the right hand.
C. the right delta to the core in right hand.
 D. either deltas to the core in left hand.
E. the core to the left delta in right hand.
10. Which of the following is not represented by numbers –
A. primary C. major E. none of these
B. key D. final
11. If two amputated fingers are opposite each other, both are given the
classification –
A. similar to their counterpart fingers.
B. of whorls with meeting tracings.
C. of whorls with no additional reference.
D. identical to the opposite fingers.
12. In a set of prints containing all whorl type patterns, the key
classification is obtained by:
A. conducting ridge tracing on whorls
B. putting a dash on the numerator
C. conducting ridge counting on whorls
D. leaving it blank
E. None of these
13. The bifurcation which does not remain open but which legs after along
side by side for short distance, come together to form a single ridge once
more is referred to as-
A. enclosure D. converging ridges
B. envelope E. island ridge
C. closed ridges
14. The active substance found on Super Glue, Mighty Bond and similar
products utilized in gas method of developing latent impression is
A. Victoria Blue D. Ninhydrin
B. All of these E. Cyanoacrylate
C. Tetramethyl Benzidine (TMB)
15. Which of the following cases held that the introduction into evidence of
fingerprint impressions taken without the consent of the defendant is not
an infringement of the constitutional rights against self-incrimination?
A. Commonwealth Vs. Albright C. People Vs. Coral
B. Schmerber Vs. California D. Lamble Vs. State
16. The little white lines that are found on a fingerprint that looks like
scars of blisters and burns are referred to as –
A. scars B. warts C. furrows D. creases
17. The light from a pinhole will form -
A. a halo effect C. an inverted image
B. a photographic emulsion D. an emergent ray
18. A practical application of the use of a fast lens would be at
A. race track C. football game
B. nightclub D. all of these
19. The amount of light passing through a lens is controlled by the aperture,
or diaphragm. As succeeding smaller apertures are used, the amount of
light passing through the lens is
A. doubled C. increased one-fourth
B. reduced one-fourth D. reduced one-half

20. What is the process of converting the exposed image on the film into the
actual image?
A. developing D. fixing bath
B. stop bath E. none of these
C. washing
21. When light passes through an object, it is said to be:
 A. transmitted C. diffracted E. a or c
B. refracted D. absorbed
22. The third layer in a color film is known as:
A. red emulsion C. blue emulsion
B. carey lea D. green emulsion
23. Do not leave the film in the direct sunlight because high temperature can
affect the
A. emulsion layer C. anti-halation layer
B. top coating D. film base
24. The higher the rating of the film, the
A. higher the number indicated.
B. more sensitive it will be.
C. lesser sensitive it will be .
D. light needed is also higher for proper exposure.
25. Non-chromatic films are sensitive to –
A. ultra-violet and blue colors only.
B. UV rays, blue and green colors but not to red.
C. infrared and ultra-violet radiation
D. ultra-violet rays and all colors in the visible spectrum.
E. None of these
26. Which of these layers of the emulsion which is sensitive to blue and
green lights, but not to red?
A. blue C. green E. none of these
B. yellow D. red
27. In photographing or recording unseen objects, or objects located in dimly
lighted or dark areas, you need –
A. infrared rays C. ultraviolet rays
B. gamma rays D. X-rays
28. The complementary color of red is –
A. cyan D. green
B. magenta E. yellow
C. blue
29. The bouncing or deflection of a projectile from its normal path after
striking a resistant surface is known as –
A. recoil C. rebound E. a or b
B. ricochet D. deflection
30. What is the phenomenon that occurs when a cartridge fails to explodes on
time or when is delayed in firing? This is mostly caused by faulty
function of the primer or faulty ignition of the propellant.
A. misfire D. hangfire
B. none of these E. alibi
C. failure of explosion
31. Which of these is the accumulation of dirt or residue in the interior
surface of gun barrel caused by solid by-products when a cartridge is
fired?
A. erosion C. corrosion
B. filthy D. fouling

32. The arbitrary index of the quickness that burning propellant changes into
gas is referred to as
A. burning rate C. expansion rate
B. explosion rate D. sectional density
33. What is the device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the
sound of a gunshot?
A. muffler C. sound eradicator E. b and c
B. silencer D. muzzle device
34. There are three (3) types of firearms, the rifle, the pistol and
revolver. When you’re recovered fired cartridge cases your suspicion is
focused to
A. Revolver D. Pistol
B. Shotgun E. Pistol or Rifle
C. All of these

35. European make firearms are usually referred to in English measurement as

millimeter in determining the caliber, when you talk of 9mm the equivalent
in caliber is;
A. Caliber .22 D. Caliber .25
B. Caliber .45 E. Caliber .30
C. Caliber .38
36. Jacketed and pointed bullets are also designed to be fired from;
A. Pistol C. Shotgun
B. Revolvers D. Rifles
37. The pitch of rifling is the number of inches traveled by bullet to make a
spin;
A. 4 complete turn D. 3 complete turn
B. 180 degree angle E. 1 complete turn
C. 2 complete turn
38. The prober was able to collect rimmed cartridge case at the crimes scene.
What could be the firearm used if the perpetrator discarded the said
cartridge case?
A. pistol or rifle D. revolver
B. pistol E. All of these
C. machine gun
39. The term double action with reference to revolver means most nearly that
A. the projectile explodes upon hitting the target
B. it has more knocking power
C. pulling the trigger will automatically cock the firearm
D. the shell of a fired shot is ejected and fresh cartridge
E. is pushed from the magazine at the same time.
40. Rifling in the bore of small arms is designed to
A. increase the sped of the bullet
B. decrease the amount of recoil
C. prevent the bullet from turning and over end in the air
D. increase the damage to the object hit by the bullet.
41. Who was the Tartar leader who used artillery in Liegnitz when he defeated
the Poles, Hungarians and Russians?
A. Gen Batu D. Mohammad
B. Tartaglia E. Kijiro Nambu
C. None of these
42. The pitch or rate of twist in the rifling of a pistol of rifle barrel is
called:
A. land C. lead E. none of the above
B. groove D. gauge
43. Of the following, the best method to use in firing a handgun is to keep:
A. both eyes closed D. only the right eye is open
B. both eyes open E. only the left eye is open
C. All of these
44. The marks left on a bullet by a gun barrel are different from those left
by any other gun barrel. This fact is most useful in directly identifying
-
A. direction from which a shot was fired
B. person who fired a particular gun
C. gun from which a bullet was fired
 D. bullet which caused a fatal wound.
45. At least three bullets are used in test firing, the second test fired
bullet is for
A. evaluation D. comparison
B. confirmation E. none of the above
C. None of these
46. Which of the following used in measuring "pitch of riflings" of firearms
A. caliper D. taper gauge
B. helixometer E. micrometer
C. A and D
47. When a shot is fired on an automatic pistol by a criminal
A. the empty shell remains within the chamber
B. the shell in most cases will be found at the scene of firing
C. the shell is rarely found at the crime scene
D. the shell is usually disposed by the perpetrator
E. None of these
48. What is the rounded outside of the top of the bend stroke in small
letters "m", "n", and "h"?
A. shoulder D. hump
B. arc E. None of these
C. arch
49. Which of the following refers to any major long downward stroke of a
letter like the long downward stroke of the letter "b" , "g"?
A. descender D. staff
B. stem E. all of the above
C. shank
50. The widening of the ink strokes is caused by
A. added pen pressure D. when using a fountain pen
B. hesitation E. all of the above
C. stopping of the pen
51. The imitation of the style of writing by another person becomes
difficult because the other person
A. cannot by mere will power reproduce in himself all the muscular
combination from the habit of the first writer.
B. has entirely different psychological condition.
C. learned an entirely different fundamentals of writing.
D. has different experience in work, school and other environmental
factors.
E. all of the above

52. Which of these refers to the relationship between the heights of the
short letters with the tall letters?
A. slant C. position E. all of the above
B. ratio D. slope
53. The act of intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surfaces is
known as:
A. pen pressure C. shading E. none of the above
B. pen emphasis D. pen force
54. What is the probable shape of a gunshot wound if the target is hit on 90
degrees angle
A. spherical D. rotund
B. circular E. all of these
 C. None of these
55. Which of the following is the primary determinant of writing speed?
A. Indicates speed writing C. Natural writing
B. Rhythm D. The written strokes
56. Which of the following refers to the irregular thickening of ink which is
found when writing slows down or stop while the pen take a stock of the
position?
A. shading D. hesitation
B. pressure E. none of these
C. knob
57. The rudimentary initial up stroke of a letter is referred to as:
A. blunt C. spur E. goatee
B. beard D. tick
58. What is the term referring to any part of a stroke which is super imposed
upon the original stroke?
A. retouching C. patching E. all of the above
B. retracing D. reweigh
59. Which of the following refers to the fraudulent signature which was
executed by actually following the outline of a genuine signature with a
writing instrument?
A. simulated C. simple E. spurious signature
B. traced D. facsimile
60. The gap on a continuous stroke which maybe regarded as a special form
of pen lift is known as
A. pen lift C. hiatus E. none of the above
B. ball gap D. pen stop
61. Who is the Hungarian journalist inventor and printer who made the first
practical ball pen?
A. John H. Loud C. Bryon Donkin E. none of these
B. Milton Reynolds D. Lazlo Biro
62. The creative combination of printing and cursive writing is called
A. printscript C. cursive E. none of these
B. scripted D. calligraphy
63. The author of a typewritten document can be identified through
A. his peculiar style of indention, grammar composition, and paragraphing.
B. individual characteristics of the typewriter machine.
C. design and style of the typewriter’s character.
D. brand and model of the typewriter.
E. none of these
64. What is the frequently encountered forgery of signatures?
A. Traced Forgery C. Simulated Free-hand
B. Simple Forgery D. Computer scanning
65. The branch of medical science which deals with the application of medical
knowledge for the purposes of law and justice is referred to as -
A. forensic medicine D. legal medicine
B. medical jurisprudence E. medical forensic
C. All of these
66. When the wounded body part is the heart, the wound is
A. non-mortal D. deep wound
B. mortal E. fatal wound
C. all of these
67. The following are wounds brought about by a blunt instrument, except
A. contusion D. lacerated wound
B. hematoma E. incised wound
C. none of these
68. A sharp-pointed instrument can caused
A. incised wound C. punctured wound
B. stab wound D. lacerated wound
69. As to the manner of infliction, how will you classify those wound
inflicted by means of bolo, blunt instrument and axe?
A. thrust or stab C. rubbing or abrasion
B. sliding D. hit
70. The pain on account of the involvement of the sensory nerve is called –
A. dolor C. rubor E. None of these
B. calor D. loss of function
71. Which of these refers to the physical incapacity of either sex to allow
or grant to the other legitimate sexual gratification?
A. impotency C. senility E. All of these
B. sterility D. pregnancy
72. The tearing or rupture of muscle fibers is known as –
A. sprained D. dislocation
B. strained E. simple fracture
C. A or E
73. The healing time of extensive tear hymenal laceration is
A. 2 – 3 days C. 7 – 10 days E. 30 – 60 days
B. 4 – 6 days D. 14 – 21 days
74. Children conceived by prostitutes are called
A. manceres C. adulterous E. illegitimate
B. sacrilegious D. incestuous
75. When the temperature of the dead’s body suddenly rises due to rapid and
early putrefactive changes or some internal changes, it is undergoing –
A. post-mortem caloricity C. post-mortem rigidity
B. rivor mortis D. post-mortem flaccidity
76. Which of the following terms refers to the injury found at site of the
application of force?
A. coup injury D. coup contre coup
B. extensive injury E. locus minoris resitancia
C. contre coup
77. When a woman is physically untouched, she is considered –
A. moral virgin D. virgo-intacta
B. demi-virgin E. physical virgin
C. None of these

78. Which of these is designed to prove whether the polygraph subject

possesses information regarding the identity of the offender, location of
the evidence or other secondary element of the offender under
investigation?
A. Control Question C. Interrogation
B. Knowledge question D. Evidence Connecting question
79. Which of the following causes physiological changes in the body of the
subject –
A. peak of tension test C. irrelevant question
B. relevant question D. the fear relation
80. Which of the following polygraph channels records the blood pressure
changes and pulses rate of the examinee?
A. Cardiograph channel C. Pneumograph channel
B. Galvanograph channel D. Kymograph channel
81. polygraph examination is -
A. Irrelevant question C. Mixed question
B. Relevant question D. Padding question
82. Administration of truth serum, as one method of lie detection which uses
a drug called
A. sodium amytal C. sodium penthotal
B. hyosine hydrobromide D.scopolamine
83. Intoxication of alcohol use the latin maxim “ In vino veritas” as
underlying principle. This latin maxim is literally translated as
A. there is wine in truth C. In truth, there is wine
B. there is truth in wine D. In wine, there is truth
84. Etymologically speaking, the polygraph literally means
A. Lie detection D. deception in graph
B. many writings E. scientific diagnostic instrument
C. All of these
85. A well phrased question designed to cause a response from a subject is
technically called -
A. accusatory statement C. specific stimulus
B. symptomatic D. irrelevant question
86. When should you perform chart probing?
A. During the onset of the polygraph exam
B. At the end of each specific polygraph test
C. By the end of the polygraph exam
D. Anytime once the polygraph exam begun
87. If polygraph tracing of a subject indicates that he is truthful, the
examiners finding should be -
A. conclusive C. Inconclusive
B. negative D. Positive
88. Forensic evidence usually overlooked by the investigators in the scene of
the crime known as matters in the wrong place is:
A. flammable substance C. impressions E. Neither
B. dust and air D. smoke
89. Gaseous poison which emanates from the incomplete combustion of fuels
causes death on the victim by preventing the normal transportation and
supply of oxygen to the cells forming Carboxyhemoglobin,
A. Carbon Dioxide C. Carbon Monoxide
B. Sulfur Dioxide D. Ammonia

90. Poisons are more absorbed rapidly through the body when in the form of -
A. Liquid C. aerosol E. None of these
B. gaseous D. solid state
91. Tools marks which are produced by a single application of the tool in one
area of contact is called
A. Striation mark C. compression marks E. Neither
B. Friction marks D. identification
92. Protein found in human hair is referred to as
A. fibrinogen C. keratin E. None of these
B. lecithin D. choline
93. Black and smokeless gunpowder contains an oxidizing agent called
A. chlorates C. carbonates E. None of these
B. nitrates D. sulfates
94. The poisonous substance derived from the bullfrog is
A. picrotoxin C. bufotoxin E. None of these
B. dilantin D. Dexedrine
95. The amount of blood alcohol considered dangerous to life is -
A. 5.0% B. 0.15% C. 2.5% D. 0.05%
96. The most popular preliminary test fort the presence of blood is
A. Acid phophatase C. benzidine
 B. millions test D. guaiacum test
97. The test use to extract gunpowder residues from the hands of a person
suspected to have fired a gun is
A. fingerprint C. diphenylamine
B. swabbing D. dermal nitrate
98. Methamphetamine is a secondary amine substance, therefore it will respond
to
A. Marquis test C. Fast blue salt test
B. Simon’s test D. Ruybals’s test
99. The confirmatory test for the presence of blood in an alleged bloodstain
specimen is:
A. Phenolphthalein C. Takayama
B. Benzidine D. Luminal
100. In moulage casting of impression, the most ideal substance added to
plaster to Paris to harden faster is -
A. Calcium carbonate C. sodium chloride
B. sodium hydroxide D. hydrochloric acid

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CRIMINALISTICS

1. D 21. A 41. A 61. A 81. NONE

2. B 22. A 42. C 62. A 82. B
3. A 23. A 43. B 63. A 83. D
4. A 24. B 44. C 64. B 84. B
5. A 25. A 45. B 65. D 85. C
6. C 26. C 46. B 66. B 86. B
7. B 27. A 47. B 67. E 87. B
8. A 28. A 48. D 68. C 88. B
9. B 29. B 49. D 69. A 89. C
10. C 30. D 50. A 70. A 90. B
11. B 31. D 51. E 71. A 91. C
12. C 32. A 52. B 72. B 92. C
13. E 33. B 53. B 73. C 93. B
14. E 34. E 54. E 74. A 94. C
15. C 35. C 55. D 75. A 95. B
16. D 36. D 56. D 76. A 96. C
17. C 37. E 57. B 77. D 97. B
18. B 38. D 58. B 78. C 98. D
19. A 39. C 59. B 79. B 99. B
20. A 40. C 60. C 80. A 100. C

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MOCK BOAD EXAMINATION IN CRIMINALISTICS

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Write the letter of your
choice on the answer sheet provided.
1. There is freehand invitation and is considered as the most skilful class of forgery.
a. simulated or copied forgery b. simple forgery
c. traced forgery d. carbon tracing
2. Condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which is adequate and proper,
should contain a cross section of the material from known sources.
a. disguised document b. questioned document
c. standard document d. requested document
3. Specimens of hand writing or of typescript which is of known origin.
a. letters b. samples
c. exemplars d. documents
4. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its contents or the circumstances or
the stories of its production.
a. disputed document b. standard document
c. requested document d. questioned document
5. The art of beautiful writing.
a. drafting b. calligraphy
c. art appreciation d. gothic
6. Any written instrument by which a right or obligation is established.
a. certificate b. subpoena
c. warrant d. document
7. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or downward flow of the innermost sufficient
recurve is towards the thumb of radius bone of the hand of origin.
a. ulnar loop b. tented arch
c. accidental whorl d. radial loop
8. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
a. ridge b. island
c. delta d. bifurcation
9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of the divergence of the type lines.
a. divergence b. island
c. delta d. bifurcation
10. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
a. a delta b. a core
c. a sufficient recurve d. a ridge count across a looping bridge
11. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink.
a. pathology b. fingerprinting
c. dactyloscopy d. printing press
12. The fingerprint method of identification.
a. pathology b. fingerprinting
c. dactyloscopy d. printing press
13. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround the pattern area.
a. ridges b. delta
c. type line d. bifurcation
14. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
a. type line b. bifurcation
c. pattern area d. forrow
15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
a. plane impressions b. visible fingerprints
c. rolled impressions d. latent fingerprints

16. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various surfaces.
a. kiss marks b. finger rolls
c. thumb marks d. fingerprints
17. Which among the following is not considered as a basic fingerprint pattern?
a. arch b. accidental
 c. loop d. whorl
18. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two points.
a. eighteen b. fifteen
c. twelve d. nine
19. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core axes.
a. whorl b. double loop
c. central pocket loop d. accidental
20. A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either side of the impression by a recurve,
and terminate on the same side where the ridge has entered.
a. loop b. radial loop
c. ulnar loop d. tented arch
21. A person allowed to give an opinion or conclusion on a given scientific evidence.
a. interrogator b. expert witness
c. prosecutor d. judge
22. The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the detection of crime and
apprehension of criminals.
a. Law Enforcement Administration b. Forensic Administration
c. Criminal Psychology d. Criminalistics
23. Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.
a. concave lens b. convex lens
c. negative lens d. positive lens
24. The normal developing time of a paper or film.
a. 30-60 minutes b. 20-30 minutes
c. 5-10 minutes d. 1- 2 minutes
25. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter through the lens for a predetermined time
interval.
a. holder of sensitised material b. view finder
c. shutter d. view finder
26. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
a. telephoto lens b. long lens
c. normal lens d. wide angle lens
27. Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer solution.
a. Potassium Bromide b. Sodium Carbonate
c. Sodium Sulfite d. Hydroquinone
28. A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject
a. view finder b. lens
c. shutter d. light tight box
29. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the breathing of the subject.
a. cardiosphygmograph b. pneumograph
c. galvanograph d. kymograph
30. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the blood pressure and the pulse rate of
the subject.
a. cardiosphygmograph b. pneumograph
c. galvanograph d. kymograph
31. A component of the polygraph instrument which is a motor that drives or pulls the chart paper
under the recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 or 12 inches per minute.
a. cardiosphygmograph b. pneumograph
c. galvanograph d. kymograph

32. The following are specific rules to be followed in the formulation of the questions in a polygraph
test except one.
a. Questions must be clear and phrased in a language the subject can easily
understand.
b. Questions must be answerable by yes or no.
 c. Questions must be as short as possible.
d. Questions must all be in the form of accusations
33. In “ polygraph examination”, the term “ examination” means a detection of
a. forgery b. emotion
c. the mind d. deception
34. It refers to an emotional response to a specific danger, which appears to go beyond a person’s
defensive power.
a. fear b. stimuli
c. response d. reaction
35. The primary purpose of pre-test interview.
a. Prepare subject for polygraph test
b. Obtain confession
c. Make the subject calm
d. Explain the polygraph test procedures
36. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject in the relevant question.
a. positive response b. specific response
c. normal response d. reaction
37. The study of the effect of the impact of a projectile on the target.
a. Terminal Ballistics b. Internal Ballistics
c. External Ballistics d. Forensic Ballistics
38. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet.
a. Trajectory b. yaw
c. Velocity d. gyroscopic action
39. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge from the chamber.
a. extractor b. ejector
c. striker d. trigger
40, The pattern or curved path of the bullet in flight.
a. yaw b. range
c. velocity d. trajectory
41. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its normal path after striking a resistant surface.
a. misfire b. mushroom
c. ricochet d. key hole shot
42. A type of primer with two vents or flash holes.
a. Bordan primer b. Berdan Primer
c. Baterry Primer d. Boxer Primer
43. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of the bore.
a. swaging b. ogive
c. rifling d. breaching
44. It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the bullet.
a. trajectory b. yaw
c. velocity d. gyproscopic action
45. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land.
a. calibre b. mean diameter
c. gauge c. rifling
46. He is known as the Father of Ballistics.
a. Hans Gross b. Charles Waite
c. Albert Osborne d. Calvin Goddard
47. A document in which some issues have been raised or is under scrutiny.
a. Void Document b. Illegal Document
c. Forged Document d. Questioned Document

48. The following are characteristics of forgery except one:

a. Presence of Natural Variation
c. Multiple Pen Lifts
d. Show bad quality of ink lines
e. Patchwork Appearance
49. Standards which are prepared upon the request of the investigator and for the purpose of
comparison with the questioned document.
a. relative standards b. collected standards
c. extended standards d. requested standards
50. Any stroke which goes back over another writing stroke.
a. natural variation b. rhythm
c. retracing d. shading
51. The name of a person written by him/her in a document as a sign of acknowledgement.
a. opinion b. document
c. signature d. handwriting
52. A kind of document which is executed by a private person without the intervention of a notary
public, or of competent public official, by which some disposition of agreement is proved.
a. commercial document b. official document
c. public document d. private document
53. An instrument that can be legally used in comparison with a questioned document, its origin is
known and can be proven.
a. simulated document b. forged document
c. standard document d. compared document
54. The process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
a. comparison b. collation
c. obliteration d. decipherment
55. A document which contains some changes either as an addition or deletion.
a. inserted document b. altered document
c. disputed document d. obliterated document
56. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor blade or picking instrument.
a. mechanical erasure b. electronic erasure
c. magnetic erasure d. chemical erasure
57. It is the periodic increase in pressure, characterized by widening of the ink stroke.
a. shading b. pen lift
c. pen emphasis d. pen pressure
58. A kind of document executed by a person in authority and by private parties but notarised by
competent officials.
a. private document b. commercial document
c. public document d. official document
59. The detection and identification of poisons.
a. bacteriology b. posology
c. toxicology d. chemistry
60. The specimen which is preferably used in the determination of abused drugs in the body.
a. blood b. saliva
c. body fluid d. urine
61. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition of the following
except one:
a. fingerprint ` b. explosives
c. blood d. body fluids
62. Who qualifies a forensic chemist as expert?
a. defense lawyer b. judge
c. prosecutor d. the chemist himself/herself

63. Methamphetamine hydrochloride is commonly known as

a. cocaine b. LSD
c. heroin d. shabu
64. An area surrounding the place where the crime occurred.
a. crime scene b. police line
c. area of operation d. area of responsibility
65. The body of the crime.
 a. evidence b. body of the victim
c. criminology d. corpus delicti
66. Its source is the opium poppy.
a. demeral b. caffeine
c. morphine d. nicotine
67. Number restoration is necessary in determining whether there is tampering of serial number in
a. typewriter b. firearm
c. prisoners d. bank notes
68. In forensic examination, a tip of the hair is examined to determine if it was
a. bend b. folded
c. stretched d. cut
69. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence of alcohol in the human body except one:
a. saliva test b. Harger Breath Test
c. fecal test d. blood test
70. The application of chemical principles and processes in the examination of evidence.
a. Forensic Medicine b. Forensic Evidence
c. Criminalistics d. Forensic Chemistry
71. Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of this process.
a. dialysis b. dilution
c. distillation d. extraction
72. The process in reproducing a physical evidence by plaster moulds.
a. casting b. cementing
b. moulage d. sticking
73. The test used to determine the presence of semen particularly in stained clothing.
a. Florence Test b. Barberio’s Test
c. Microscopic Test d. Ultra-Violet Test
74. The test used to determine the presence of blood in stained material.
a. Florence Test b. Barberio’s Test
c. Takayama Test d. Phenolphtalein Test
75. It is the major component of a glass.
a. Lime b. Soda
c. Silica d. Gel
76. Poisons which produce stupor and less feeling.
a. Narcotics b. Irritants
c. Depressants d. Stimulants
77. A supercooled liquid which possess high viscosity and rigidity.
a. dry ice b. cartridge case
b. gel d. glass
78. The study and identification of body fluids.
a. Pharmacology b. Serology
c. Posology d. Immunology
79. The test to determine whether blood is of human origin or not.
a. Blood typing b. Precipitin Test
c. Confirmatory Test d. Preliminary Test
80. The circulating tissue of the body.
a. Blood b. Cells
c. Muscles d. Liver

81. The complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration, circulation and almost all brain
function of an organism.
a. Apparent death b. Molecular death
c. Cellular Death d. Somatic death
82. The approximate time for the completion of one case for DNA Testing.
a. minimum of eight weeks b. minimum of six weeks
c. minimum of four weeks d. minimum of two weeks
83. It stands for DNA.
 a. Deonatural Acid b. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
c. Denaturalized Acid d. Deonucleic Acid
84. The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered DNE testing and fingerprinting.
a. Alec Jeffries b. Lowell C. Van Berkom
c. William Reynolds d. Henry Van Dyke
85. The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of lack of oxygen for around 3 to
five minutes.
a. Stroke b. Asphyxia
c. Stupor d. Exhaustion
86. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones, causing death due to loss of
fluids and electrolytes in the body and massive infection.
a. First Degree Burn b. Second Degree Burn
c. Third Degree Burn d. Sunburn
87. A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to pool in the blood vessels of the
most dependent portions of the body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death and is completed by
12 hours.
a. livor mortis b. primary flaccidity
c. maceration d. rigor mortis
88. A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will endanger one’s life.
a. mortal wound b. trauma
c. coup injury d. superficial wound
89. A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as club and stone.
a. incised wound b. hack wound
c. lacerated wound d. punctured wound
90. A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without external wounds.
a. hematoma b. fracture
c. sprain d. dislocation
91. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of the body which produces
mechanical disruption of cell structure characterized by cold stiffening and diminished body.
a. immersion foot b. trench foot
c. frostbite d. gangrene
92. A condition of a woman who have had one or more sexual experience but not had conceived a
child.
a. virgo-intacts b. demi-virginity
c. moral virginity d. physical virginity
93. Fixed discoloration of the blood, clothed inside the blood vessels or has diffused to different parts
of the body.
a. hypostatic lividity b. diffusion lividity
c. hyper lividity d. rigor mortis
94. Things used by a person in the commission of a crime, or objects left in a crime scene which are
the subjects of criminalistics.
a. testimonial evidence b. hearsay evidence
c. circumstancial evidence d. physical evidence
95. The science dealing with the motion of a projectile and the conditions governing that motion.
a. Ballistics b. Forensic ballistics
c. Terminal Ballistics d. External Ballistics

96. The application of medical knowledge in the solution of crimes.

a. Forensic Science b. Forensic Chemistry
c. Forensic Ballistics d. Forensic Medicine
97. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the action of electro magnetic
radiation rays.
a. Polygraphy b. Dactyloscopy
c. Photography d. Chemistry
98. Instrument used in the measurement of temperature.
 a. endometer b. barometer
c. thermometer d. ananometer
99. The scientific detection of deception.
a. Polygraphy b. Dactyloscopy
c. Toxycology d. Chemistry
100. The test conducted to determine the presence of gunpowder residue in the hands of a suspect.
a. diphenylamine test b. ultra violet test
c. paraffin test d. Simon’s Test

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ANSWER KEY - CRIMINALISTICS

1. A 26. D 51. C 76. A

2. C 27. B 52. D 77. D

3. C 28. B 53. C 78. B

4. D 29. B 54. D 79. B

5. B 30. A 55. B 80. A

6. D 31. D 56. A 81. D

7. D 32. D 57. D 82. C

8. D 33. D 58. C 83. B

9. C 34. A 59. C 84. A

10. B 35. A 60. D 85. B

11. B 36. B 61. A 86. C

12. C 37. A 62. B 87. A

13. C 38. B 63. D 88. A

14. C 39. B 64. A 89. C

15. D 40. D 65. D 90. D

16. D 41. C 66. C 91. C

17. B 42. D 67. B 92. A

18. D 43. D 68. D 93. B

19. A 44. B 69. C 94. D

20. C 45. A 70. D 95. A

21. B 46. D 71. C 96. D

22. D 47. D 72. B 97. C

23. A 48. A 73. A 98. C

24. C 49. D 74. C 99. A

25. C 50. C 75. C 100. C

 CRIMINALISTICS REVIEW QUESTIONS 1

1. There is freehand invitation and is considered as the most skilful class of forgery
A. simulated or copied forgery
B. simple forgery
C. traced forgery
D. carbon tracing Answer: A

2. Condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which is adequate and proper, should contain a
cross section
of the material from known sources.
A. disguised document
B. questioned document
C. standard document
D. requested document Answer: C

3. Specimens of hand writing or of typescript which is of known origin.

A. Letters
B. Samples
 C. Exemplars
D. Documents Answer: C

4. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its contents or the circumstances or the
stories of
its production.
A. disputed document
B. standard document
C. requested document
D. questioned document Answer: D

5. The art of beautiful writing is known as

A. Drafting
B. Calligraphy
C. Art appreciation
D. Gothic Answer: B

6. Any written instrument by which a right or obligation is established.

A. Certificate
B. Subpoena
C. Warrant
D. Document Answer: D

7. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or downward flow of the innermost sufficient recurve is
towards
the thumb of radius bone of the hand of origin.
A. ulnar loop
B. tented arch
C. accidental whorl
D. radial loop Answer: D

8. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.

A. Ridge
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation Answer: D

9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of the divergence of the type lines.
A. Divergence
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation Answer: C

10.The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
A. Delta
B. Core
C. a sufficient recurve
D. a ridge count across a looping bridge Answer: B

11.The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink.

A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
 D. Printing press Answer: B

12.The fingerprint method of identification.

A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press Answer: C

13.Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround the pattern area.
A. Ridges
B. Delta
C. Type line
D. Bifurcation Answer: C

14.A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
A. type line
B. bifurcation
C. pattern area
D. furrow Answer: C

15.Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
A. plane impressions
B. visible fingerprints
C. rolled impressions
D. latent fingerprints Answer: D

16.The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various surfaces.
A. kiss marks
B. finger rolls
C. thumb marks
D. fingerprints Answer: D

17.Which among the following is not considered as a basic fingerprint pattern?

A. Arch
B. Accidental
C. Loop
D. Whorl Answer: B

18.The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two points.
A. Eighteen
B. Fifteen
C. Twelve
D. Nine Answer: D

19.A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core axes.
A. whorl
B. double loop
C. central pocket loop
D. accidental Answer: A

20.A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either side of the impression by a recurve,
and terminate
on the same side where the ridge has entered.
 A. Loop
B. radial loop
C. ulnar loop
D. tented arch Answer: C

21.A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or conclusion on a given scientific evidence is considered
A. interrogator
B. expert witness
C. prosecutor
D. judge Answer: B

22.The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the detection of crime and apprehension of
criminals.
A. Law Enforcement Administration
B. Forensic Administration
C. Criminal Psychology
D. Criminalistics Answer: D

23.Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.

A. concave lens
B. convex lens
C. negative lens
D. positive lens Answer: A

24.The normal developing time of a paper or film.

A. 30-60 minutes
B. 20-30 minutes
C. 5-10 minutes
D. 1- 2 minutes Answer: C

25.This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter the lens for a predetermined time interval.
A. holder of sensitised material
B. view finder
C. shutter
D. view finder Answer: C

26.A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
A. telephoto lens
B. long lens
C. normal lens
D. wide angle lens Answer: D

27.Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer solution.

A. Potassium Bromide
B. Sodium Carbonate
C. Sodium Sulfite
D. Hydroquinone Answer: B

28.A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject
A. view finder
B. lens
C. shutter
D. light tight box Answer: B
29.A component of the polygraph instrument which records the breathing of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: B

30.A component of the polygraph instrument which records the blood pressure and the pulse rate of the
subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: A

31.A component of the polygraph instrument which is a motor that drives or pulls the chart paper
under the
recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 or 12 inches per minute.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: D

32.The following are specific rules to be followed in the formulation of the questions in a polygraph
test except one.
A. Questions must be clear and phrased in a language the subject can easily
understand.
B. Questions must be answerable by yes or no.
C. Questions must be as short as possible.
D. Questions must all be in the form of accusations
Answer: D
33. In “ polygraph examination”, the term “ examination” means a detection of
A. Forgery
B. Emotion
C. the mind
D. deception Answer: D

34. It refers to an emotional response to a specific danger, which appears to go beyond a person’s
defensive
power.
A. Fear
B. Stimuli
C. Response
D. Reaction Answer: A

35. The primary purpose of pre-test interview.

A. Prepare subject for polygraph test
B. Obtain confession
C. Make the subject calm
D. Explain the polygraph test procedures Answer: A

36. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject in the relevant question.
A. positive response
B. specific response
 C. normal response
D. reaction Answer: A

37. The study of the effect of the impact of a projectile on the target.
A. Terminal Ballistics
B. Internal Ballistics
C. External Ballistics
D. Forensic Ballistics Answer: A

38. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet is called

A. Trajectory
B. Yaw
C. Velocity
D. Gyroscopic action Answer: B

39. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge from the chamber.
A. Extractor
B. Ejector
C. Striker
D. Trigger Answer: B

40. The pattern or curved path of the bullet in flight.

A. Yaw
B. Range
C. Velocity
D. Trajectory Answer: D

41. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its normal path after striking a resistant surface.
A. Misfire
B. Mushroom
C. Ricochet
D. Key hole shot Answer: C

42. A type of primer with two vents or flash holes.

A. Bordan primer
B. Berdan Primer
C. Baterry Primer
D. Boxer Primer Answer: D

43. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of the bore.
A. swaging
B. ogive
C. rifling
D. breaching Answer: D

44. It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the bullet.

A. Trajectory
B. Yaw
C. Velocity
D. Gyproscopic action Answer: B

45. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land.

A. Calibre
 B. Mean diameter
C. Gauge
D. Rifling Answer: A

46. He is known as the Father of Ballistics.

A. Hans Gross
B. Charles Waite
C. Albert Osborne
D. Calvin Goddard Answer: D

47. A document in which some issues have been raised or is under scrutiny.
A. Void Document
B. Illegal Document
C. Forged Document
D. Questioned Document Answer: D

48. The following are characteristics of forgery except one:

A. Presence of Natural Variation
B. Multiple Pen Lifts
C. Show bad quality of ink lines
D. Patchwork Appearance Answer: A

49. Standards which are prepared upon the request of the investigator and for the purpose of
comparison with the
questioned document.
A. relative standards
B. collected standards
C. extended standards
D. requested standards Answer: D

50. Any stroke which goes back over another writing stroke.
A. natural variation
B. rhythm
C. retracing
A. shading Answer: C

51. The name of a person written by him/her in a document as a sign of acknowledgement.

A. Opinion
B. Document
C. Signature
D. Handwriting Answer: C

52. A kind of document which is executed by a private person without the intervention of a notary
public, or of
competent public official, by which some disposition of agreement is proved.
A. commercial document
B. official document
C. public document
D. private document Answer: D

53. An instrument that can be legally used in comparison with a questioned document, its origin is known
and can be
proven.
 A. simulated document
B. forged document
C. standard document
D. compared document Answer: C

54. The process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
A. Comparison
B. Collation
C. Obliteration
D. Decipherment Answer: D

55. A document which contains some changes either as an addition or deletion.

A. inserted document
B. altered document
C. disputed document
D. obliterated document Answer: B

56 .A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor blade or picking instrument.
A. mechanical erasure
B. electronic erasure
C. magnetic erasure
D. chemical erasure Answer: A

57. It is the periodic increase in pressure, characterized by widening of the ink stroke.
A. Shading
B. pen lift
C. pen emphasis
D. pen pressure Answer: D

58. A kind of document executed by a person in authority and by private parties but notarised by
competent
officials.
A. private document
B. commercial document
C. public document
D. official document Answer: C

59. The detection and identification of poisons.

A. Bacteriology
B. Posology
C. Toxicology
D. Chemistry Answer: C

60. The specimen that is preferably used in the determination of abused drugs in the body.
A. blood
B. saliva
C. body fluid
D. urine Answer: D

61. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition of the following
except one:
A. Fingerprint
B. Explosives
 C. Blood
D. Body fluids Answer: A

62. Who qualifies a forensic chemist as expert?

A. defense lawyer
B. judge
C. prosecutor
D. the chemist himself/herself Answer: B

63. Methamphetamine hydrochloride is commonly known as

A. Coke
B. LSD
C. Heroin
D. “shabu” Answer: D

64. An area surrounding the place where the crime occurred.

A. crime scene
B. police line
C. area of operation
D. area of responsibility Answer: A

65. The body of the crime.

A. Evidence
B. body of the victim
C. criminology
D. corpus delicti Answer: D

66. One of the following is a derivative of the opium poppy.

A. Demerol
B. Caffeine
C. Morphine
D. nicotine Answer: C

67. Number restoration is necessary in determining whether there is tampering of serial number in
A. Typewriter
B. Firearm
C. Prisoners
D. Bank notes Answer: B

68. In forensic examination, a tip of the hair is examined to determine if it was

A. Bend
B. Folded
C. Stretched
D. Cut Answer: D

69. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence of alcohol in the human body except one:
A. Saliva test
B. Harger Breath Test
C. Fecal test
D. Blood test Answer: C

70. The application of chemical principles and processes in the examination of evidence.
 A. Forensic Medicine
B. Forensic Evidence
C. Criminalistics
D. Forensic Chemistry Answer: D

71. Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of this process.

A. Dialysis
B. Dilution
C. Distillation
D. Extraction Answer: C

72. The process in reproducing physical evidence by plaster moulds.

A. Casting
B. Cementing
C. Moulage
D. Sticking Answer: C

73. The test used to determine the presence of semen particularly in stained clothing.
A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
C. Microscopic Test
D. Ultra-Violet Test Answer: A

74. The test used to determine the presence of blood in stained material.

A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
C. Takayama Test
D. Phenolphtalein Test Answer: C

75. It is the major component of a glass.

A. Lime
B. Soda
C. Silica
D. Gel Answer: C

76. Poisons which produce stupor and less feeling.

A. Narcotics
B. Irritants
C. Depressants
D. Stimulants Answer: A

77. A supercooled liquid which possess high viscosity and rigidity.

A. dry ice
B. cartridge case
C. gel
D. glass Answer: D

78. The study and identification of body fluids.

A. Pharmacology
B. Serology
C. Posology
D. Immunology Answer: B
79. The test to determine whether blood is of human origin or not.
A. Blood typing
B. Precipitin Test
C. Confirmatory Test
D. Preliminary Test Answer: B

80. The circulating tissue of the body.

A. Blood
B. Cells
C. Muscles
D. Liver Answer: A

81. The complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration, circulation and almost all brain function
of an
organism.
A. Apparent death
B. Molecular death
C. Cellular Death
D. Somatic death Answer: D

82. The approximate time for the completion of one case for DNA Testing.
A. minimum of eight weeks
B. minimum of six weeks
C. minimum of four weeks
D. minimum of two weeks Answer: C

83. DNA stands for

A. Deonatural Acid
B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
C. Denaturalized Acid
D. Deoxy Nucleic Acid Answer: B

84. The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered DNA testing and fingerprinting.
A. Alec Jeffries
B. Lowell C. Van Berkom
C. William Reynolds
D. Henry Van Dyke Answer: A

85. The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of lack of oxygen for around 3 to five
minutes.
A. Stroke
B. Asphyxia
C. Stupor
D. Exhaustion Answer: B

86. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones, causing death due to loss of fluids
and
electrolytes in the body and massive infection.
A. First Degree Burn
B. Second Degree Burn
C. Third Degree Burn
D. Sunburn Answer: C
87. A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to pool in the blood vessels of the
most
dependent portions of the body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death and is completed by 12
hours.
A. livor mortis
B. primary flaccidity
C. maceration
D. rigor mortis Answer: A

88. A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will endanger one’s life.
A. mortal wound
B. trauma
C. coup injury
D. superficial wound Answer: A

89. A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as club and stone.

A. incised wound
B. hack wound
C. lacerated wound
D. punctured wound Answer: C

90. A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without external wounds.
A. Hematoma
B. Fracture
C. Sprain
D. Dislocation Answer: D

91. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of the body which produces mechanical
disruption
of cell structure characterized by cold stiffening and diminished body.
A. immersion foot
B. trench foot
C. frostbite
D. gangrene Answer: C

92. A condition of women who have had one or more sexual experience but not had conceived a child.
A. virgo-intacts
B. demi-virginity
C. moral virginity
D. physical virginity Answer: A

93. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside the blood vessels or has diffused to different parts of
the body.
A. hypostatic lividity
B. diffusion lividity
C. hyper lividity
D. rigor mortis Answer: B

94. Things used by a person in the commission of a crime, or objects left in a crime scene which are the
subjects of
criminalistics.
A. testimonial evidence
 B. hearsay evidence
C. circumstantial evidence
D. physical evidence Answer: D

95. The science dealing with the motion of a projectile and the conditions governing that motion.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Terminal Ballistics
D. External Ballistics Answer: A

96. The application of medical knowledge in the solution of crimes.

A. Forensic Science
B. Forensic Chemistry
C. Forensic Ballistics
D. Forensic Medicine Answer: D

97. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the action of electro magnetic
radiation rays.
A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Photography
D. Chemistry Answer: C

98. Instrument used in the measurement of temperature.

A. Endometer
B. Barometer
C. Thermometer
D. ananometer Answer: C

99. The scientific detection of deception.

A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Toxicology
D. Chemistry Answer: A

100. The test conducted to determine the presence of gunpowder residue in the hands of a suspect.

A. diphenylamine test
B. ultra violet test
C. paraffin test
D. Simon’s Test Answer: C

 CRIMINALISTICS REVIEW QUESTIONS 2

1. The following are types of medical evidence, except:

A. Photographic evidence
B. Experimental evidence
C. Testimonial evidence
D. Autoptic evidence Answer: B

2. The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is called:

A. Dactylography
B. All of the these
 C. Dactyloscopy
D. Palmistry Answer: C

3. Some scientific methods of identification are the following, except:

A. Fingerprinting
B. Handwriting
C. Dental identification
D. Identification by close friends and relatives Answer: D

4. The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of

two persons compared, the greater the probability for the conclusion
to be correct is found in the
A. Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification
B. All of the these
C. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
D. Law of Super Imposition Answer: A

5. In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means

A. application of medicine to legal cases
B. application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
C. knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
D. none of the above
E. all of the above Answer: B

6. The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the following,

except
A. Magnus test
B. Diaphanous test
C. I card’s test
D. Winslow’s test Answer: C

7. The following officials of the Philippine Government are authorized to

conduct death investigation, except -
A. Public Prosecutor
B. Judges of the regional trial court
C. Director PNP
D. SOCO team Answer: B

8. The following statements are important in death determination. Which

is not valid?.
A. Civil personality of a natural person is extinguished by death
B. Civil property of a person is transmitted to the heirs, if not, to
the government
C. The death of the partner is one of the causes of dissolution of
partnership agreement
D. The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by death
Answer: B

9. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?

A. Somatic or Clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Cellular or Molecular Death
D. Regulated Death Answer: D
10. Of the following kinds of death, which one is relevant to Organ
Transportation?
A. Somatic or clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Molecular Death
D. Cellular Death Answer: A

11. To find out the truth is an essential requirement for the administration
of Justice. Which of the following is the commonly used method of
deception detection?
A. Lie detection method
B. Hypnotism
C. Use of drugs
D. Confession Answer: A

12. In molecular or cellular death, death of individual cells is with in

A. 3-6 minutes
B. 3-6 hours
C. 20-30 minutes
D. 20-30 hours Answer: A

13. Post-mortem lividity has the following mechanisms:

A. Hypostatic pressure
B. Diffusion
C. Gravitational pressure
D. All of the above Answer: D

14. Hanging is asphyxia due to the constriction of the neck as a result of

suspension in which the weight of the body pulls upon the ligature.
What differentiates it from strangulation by a ligature therefore is:
A. The factor of suspension
B. Hanging raises a presumption of suicide
C. Strangulation is usually homicidal
D. All of the above
E. None of the above Answer: E

15. Distinctions between ante-mortem from post-mortem clot are the

following. Which one is not valid?
A. Ante-mortem clot is firm in consistency
B. Clot is homogenous in construction so it cannot be stripped
into layers
C. Clot with varied colors
D. Surface of the blood vessels are raw after the clots are
removed Answer: C

16. Post-mortem lividity maybe due to any of the following, except:

A. Hypostasis
B. Autolysis
C. Diffusion
D. Suggillation Answer: B

17. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained

 Physician, to determine the cause of death:
A. Autopsy
B. Biophsis
C. Dissection
D. Physicians Answer: A

18. Articles and materials found in the crime scene:

A. Physical evidence
B. Associative evidence
C. Evidence
D. Tracing evidence Answer: A

19. Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue or

underneath the mucous membrane.
A. Contusion
B. Petechia
C. Abrasion
D. All of them Answer: A

20. Among the following, which has the greatest value in scientific
examination/identification?
A. Dental examination
B. Fingerprinting
C. Photography
D. Pictures Parle Answer: B

21. One is a condition that can approximate the time of death.

A. Cadaver
B. Magnus test
C. Rigor mortis
D. None of these Answer: C

22. The means sanctioned by the law, of ascertaining the judicial

power/proceeding, the truth respecting the matter of fact.
A. Polygraph
B. Evidence
C. Lie detector
D. All of these Answer: B

23. Determination of individuality of a person or thing:

A. Description
B. Perception
C. Identification
D. All of these Answer: C

24. Types of fingerprint patters, except:

A. Arches
B. Ordinary
C. Loop
D. Whorl Answer: B

25. It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including habitual,

preference and completing need for sexual gratification by any
 means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily excitement
A. Virginity
B. Sexual intercourse
C. Prostitution
D. Sexual deviation Answer: D

26. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument and is

characterized by a small opening of the wound.
A. Gunshot wound
B. Stab wound
C. Shrapnel wound
D. Punctured wound Answer: D

27. A physical injury wherein the offended victim is incapacitated for

work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more but not more
than 30 days.
A. Slight physical injury
B. Mutilation
C. Serious physical injury
D. less serious physical injury Answer: D

28. It is the type of burn due to gamma rays and which is difficult to
remedy:
A. Thermal burn
B. Electric burn
C. Chemical burn
D. Radiation burn Answer: D

29. The metal tube through which the bullet is fired is called
A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Baretta
D. Bromet Answer: B

30. The old form of gunpowder invented over a thousand years ago and
consisting of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
A. Chinese Powder
B. Black Powder
C. Gray Powder
D. All of these Answer: B

31. The inside of the barrel is generally termed as

A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Rifling
D. Primer Answer: A

32. The portion of the gun which is held or shouldered is called

A. Buckle
B. Buttstock
C. Handle
D. End joint Answer: B
33. In a gun, the portion of the "action" that holds the cartridge ready
for firing is called
A. Gas tube
B. Chamber
C. Double-action
D. Trigger Answer: B

34. A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to detonate the
powder.
A. Spring
B. Trigger guard
C. Hammer
D. Revolver Answer: C

35. This is a device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm for

loading into the chamber. Also referred to as a "clip".
A. Clipper
B. Holder
C. Pin or pinhead
D. None of these Answer: D

36. A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the sound
of a gunshot. Most work by baffling the escape of gases.
A. Buffer
B. Silencer
C. Magazine
D. Hanger Answer: B

37. Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American occupation
in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint file has been
established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the first
Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil. Constabulary was
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these Answer: A

38. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine jurisprudence on the
science of fingerprinting was the case of
A. People vs Medina
B. People vs Pineda
C. People vs Amador
D. People vs. Rosas Answer: A

39. What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair and is
composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which cohere? They
contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending on the
type of hair.
A. Medulla
B. Cortex
C. Core
D. Cuticle Answer: B
40. Who was the noted British Examiner of questioned documents said
that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75% of all
forgeries by careful inspection of a document with simple magnifiers
and measuring tools?
A. Dr. Arthur Stoll
B. Dr. Aristotle Curt
C. Dr. William Harrison
D. Dr. Benjamin Jones Answer: C

41. In police photography studies, what are called the thin, gelatinous,
light-sensitive coatings on film that react chemically to capture the
color and shadings of a scene?
A. Films
B. Emulsions
C. Chemical Coatings
D. None of these Answer: B

42. A medium that divert or absorb light, but does not allow lights to pass
though, they absorb most of the light while reflecting some of
it is called
A. Opaque object
B. Convection
C. Visible light
D. Prisms Answer: A

43. In the practice of polygraphy, what do you call questions unrelated

to the matter under investigation but are of similar nature although
less serious as compared to those relevant questions under
investigation?
A. Irrelevant questions
B. Relevant questions
C. Control questions
D. Interrogative questions Answer: C

44. What test is given if a subject of interrogation is not yet informed of

the details of the offense for which he is being interrogated by the
investigation, or by other persons or from other sources like the print
media?
A. Peak of Tension test
B. Control test
C. IQ Test
D. Guilt Complex Test Answer: A

45. In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop, free of any

appendage, and a butting at right angle.
A. Complete curve
B. Sufficient Recurve
C. Straight arrow
D. Core Answer: B

46. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing one or
more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
A. None of these
 B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: B

47. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a fingerprint

which maybe compared with the low area in a tire tread.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: C

48. In the study of questioned documents, what do you call the quality
of paper that does not allow light to pass through or which prevents
dark objects from being seen through the paper?
A. Opacity
B. Watermarks
C. Skid marks
D. Invisibility Answer: A

49. What is the oldest ink material known?

A. Ball point pen ink
B. Chinese Ink
C. Aniline Ink
D. White Ink Answer: B

50. It is the art of extracting and working on metals by the application of

chemical and physical knowledge.
A. Cryptography
B. Metallurgy
C. Casting
D. Matalisky Answer: B

51. The branch of geology that deals with the systematic classification
and identification of rocks, rock forming minerals and soil. Also
includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation, ceramics and other such
materials, both natural and artificial.
A. Petrography
B. Serology
C. Anthropology
D. Ecology Answer: A

52. In a fire, the presence of reddish brown smoke indicates

A. Nitrocellulose
B. Sulfuric acid
C. Nitric acid
D. All of these Answer: D

53. The bending of light around an object gives rise to the phenomenon
called
A. attraction
B. diffraction
C. light curve
D. light fingerprint Answer: B
54. Under the law of reflection, The angle of reflection depends upon the
angle of the light striking the material, which is referred to as the
A. angle of incidence
B. angle of biometry
C. angle of light
D. none of these Answer: A

55. In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the chamber

erroneously called breeched pressure?
A. Chamber Pressure
B. Barrel Pressure
C. Gunpowder
D. None of these Answer: A

56. The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight of the
projectile is called
A. Power to speed ratio
B. Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
C. Firing pin stroke ratio
D. All of these Answer: B

57. Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to

cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed
varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000 yards in
a second. This refers to
A. Energy
B. Gas
C. Detonation
D. Gun powder Answer: C

58. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed in

firing?
A. Knocking Power
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these Answer: B

59. In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for purposes of

identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese clay seal
made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.
A. Hua Chi
B. Mah Whang
C. Wong Cho
D. Tiang Hin Answer: A

60. Who has given the fame title as “Father of Dactyloscopy”?

A. Johannes Purkinje
B. Leonard Keeler
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sir Francis Galton Answer: A

61. In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to prevent

 fraudulent collection of army pay account and for identification of
other documents. He was known as the Father of Chiroscopy.
A. William Herschel
B. Francis Galton
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

62. A noted British anthropologist who began observation which led to

the publication in 1882 of his book “Fingerprints.” That established
the individuality of classifying fingerprint patterns.
A. Francis Galton
B. Gilbert Thompson
C. Wayne Kate
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

63. The notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to

erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time went by
the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature.
A. John Fielding
B. Johanes Curie
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid Answer: C

64. What is the science of palm print identification?

A. Chiroscopy
B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Astrology Answer: B

65. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a “Y” shape
formation or structure is commonly known as
A. Diverging ridges
B. Bifurcating ridges
C. Loop
D. Delta Answer: B

66. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It is a

fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which at least
one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop Answer: A

67. Father of Criminalistics.

A. Dr. Hans Gross
B. Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C. Dr. John Reid
D. Dr. John Larson Answer: A

68. Which evidence offers least resistance to decomposition?

A. Semen
B. Urine
 C. Hair
D. Blood Answer: C

69. One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true, and are
contested either in whole or part with respect to its authenticity,
identity, or origin.
A. Questioned document
B. Illegal document
C. Falsified document
D. Disputed facts Answer: A

70. Are condensed and compact set of authentic specimens which, if

adequate and proper, should contain a cross section of the
material from a known source for questioned document examination.
A. Basis products
B. Standards
C. Handwriting
D. Signatures Answer: B

71. A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to

characterize known material.
A. Basis
B. Exemplar
C. Xerox copies
D. Reproduced Answer: B

72. When a document is issued and notarized by a notary public or

competent public official with solemnities required by law, it is called
A. Official document
B. Public document
C. Commercial document
D. Private Document Answer: B

73. What is known as the blotting out or shearing over the writing to
make the original invisible to as an addition?
A. Obliteration
B. Obscuration
C. Forged
D. None of these Answer: A

74. In legal language, it refers to the document examiner's conclusion. In

Court, he may not only express it but demonstrates the reasons for
arriving at his conclusion.
A. Remarks
B. Testimony
C. Opinion
D. Reasoning Answer: C

75. In this kind of document examination, the document is viewed with

the source of illumination behind it and the light passing through the
paper. Documents are subjected to this type of examination to
determine the presence of erasures, matching of serrations and
some other types of alterations.
 A. Microscopic examination
B. Ultra violet examination
C. Photographic examination
D. Transmitted light examination Answer: D

76. Ultraviolet radiation is invisible and occurs in the wave lengths just
below the visible blue-violet end of the spectrum (rainbow). These
visible rays react on some substances so that visible light is reflected,
a phenomenon known as
A. Prism
B. Fluorescence
C. Infrared
D. Radiation Answer: B

77. It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, being used as

whole, combination of certain forms of visible mental and muscular
habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort. Some defined
it as “visible speech.”
A. Typewriting
B. Money Bills
C. Handwriting
D. All of these Answer: C

78. In document examination, what is the relation of parts of the whole

of writing or line of individual letters in words to the baseline?
A. Proportion
B. Alignment
C. Lining
D. Letter forms Answer: B

79. Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document

examination commonly called to as the identifying details si called
A. Standard
B. Characteristics
C. Attribute
D. Form Answer: B

80. The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their
identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the mental act
in which the element of one item are related to the counterparts of
the other.
A. Collation
B. Analysis
C. Comparison
D. Recording Answer: C

81. In the study handwriting, the movement of the pen toward the
writer is called
A. Downstroke
B. Backstroke
C. Sidestroke
D. None of these Answer: A
82. It is a signature, signed at a particular time and place, under
particular conditions, while the signer was at particular age, in a
particular physical and mental condition, using particular implements,
and with a particular reason and purpose for recording his name.
A. Fraudulent Signature
B. Freehand forged signature
C. Guided Signature
D. Evidential Signature Answer: D

83. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins and

banknotes. Literally, it means to make a copy of; or imitate; to make
a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the intent to
deceive or defraud.
A. Counterfeiting
B. Falsification
C. Forgery
D. Fake money bills Answer: A

84. A fluid or viscous marking material used for writing or printing.

A. Pen
B. Ink
C. Coal
D. Chalk Answer: B

85. In 1884, who was this insurance agent in New York who patented
the first practical fountain pen containing its own ink reservoir
A. Lewis Waterman
B. John Loud
C. Peter Reynolds
D. Henry Ball Answer: A

86. What do you calle the type of instrument used in measuring pitch of
rifling firearms?
A. Pinometer
B. Helixometer
C. Thermometer
D. Caliper Answer: B

87. This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the firearms

examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity between two
fired bullets or two fired shells, by simultaneously observing their
magnified image in a single microscopic field.
A. Magnetic field device
B. Compound microscope
C. Bullet comparison microscope
D. Photographic microscope Answer:C

88. Consist of a wooden box, 12 “x”12”x 96, with a hinged to cover and
with one end open. This long box is filled with ordinary cotton and
separated into sections by cardboard petitions use in ballistics.
A. Firing point box
B. Bullet recovery box
C. Slug collection box
 D. All of these Answer: B

89. Photographic films maybe classified according to their forms and

types. What are the films that are sensitive to radiation?
A. Chrome Films
B. X-Ray Films
C. B&W Films
D. Colored Films Answer: B

90. Which film is suitable for general use in the preparation of black and
white photography because it produces the most natural recording of
colors?
A. Panchromatic film
B. Chrome Films
C. X-Ray Films
D. Color Films Answer: A

91. One film maybe rated ISO – 100, and another film ISO- 200. This
means that the 200 films are twice as fast (twice more sensitive to
light) than the ISO-100 film. This statement is
A. true
B. false
C. partly true
D. partly false Answer: A

92. Among the following speed of film, which has the fastest speed?
A. ISO – 25
B. ISO – 100 to ISO – 200
C. ISO – 400
D. ISO – 1000 and up Answer: D

93. Chromatic aberration is the failure of different colored light rays to

focus after passing through a lens, focusing of light of different
colors at different points resulting in a blurred image.
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: C

94. What is the defect in which the light coming from an off-axis object
point is spread along the direction of the optic axis? If the object is a
vertical line, the cross section of the refracted beam at successively
greater distances from the lens is an ellipse that collapses first into a
horizontal line, spreads out again, and later becomes a vertical line
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: A

95. Depth of field is the range in front of and behind a sharply focused
subject in which details also look sharp in the final photographic
image.
A. Focus
 B. Depth of field
C. Camera trick
D. Aperture Answer: B

96. In photography, what determines how effectively a moving object

can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be reproduced without
blurring, or streaking in the final image?
A. Focus
B. Shutter speed
C. Aperture
D. Lens Answer: B

97. What makes a bullet spin? Without spin, a bullet would not stay
pointed forward in flight, but would tumble over and over. The
spinning motion increases the accuracy of a bullet.
A. Bore
B. Gunpowder
C. Rifling
D. Shell Answer: C

98. What component of the polygraph machine records the changes in

the breathing of the subject?
A. Pneumograph
B. Cardiograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: A

99. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the intervening

ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core
and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these Answer: A

100.For many years the most commonly used preliminary test for blood is
A. Plasma count
B. Serum test
C. Benzidine test
D. Barberio’s test Answer: C